Wednesday, October 29, 2014

These pictures of from a fun Autumn Saturday, two years ago, spent exploring. They were taken on the same day as these photos that I used in an outfit post the other week.

Me, Steven and his brother met up for some Chinese takeout and then went on an adventure to find a way to walk on a train bridge that we always rode bikes under, and we also ended up finding some other neat things as well. We finished the day by getting a bunch of fun snacks from a gas station and discussing our great adventure!

We found a place to park close to the train tracks, and started walking towards the direction of the bridge.

Found it!

It goes over the greenway that we like to walk and bike on, but we had no idea how to get up to it.

It is really high up. Not to mention it's still in use. We kept freaking ourselves out thinking we heard train whistles and were ready to bolt at any second. (Hi Mom!)

I edited this one two years ago and the rest were done this month. It's interesting to see how much I've changed my editing technique, it's a much more natural look now. In some cases I still like the strange look I used to give my photos, but I feel like it would be exhausting to look at my posts if all the photos were like that.

The street we parked on to get to the bridge was in a pretty run down area, there were lots of abandoned houses and this one had a way to get in!

It didn't have a whole lot going for it..

Next we walked on the old pedestrian bridge that was close by. I had ridden under it a million times on the interstate, but never walked on it before. I'm glad we did because it's torn down now.

That's another train bridge in the distance that we didn't walk on because I was too scared of that one for some reason. This area looks completely different now, they are putting in a giant intersection.

Next to the pedestrian bridge was an old forgotten cemetery that I had no idea existed! I wonder if it's still there even though this area is under construction now.

This was one of those days that I often think back on and remember how much fun it was.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Next month would have been my three year anniversary at my previous job. A job I once loved and was certain I would work at for the rest of my life. I was a microbiologist at a start up company, growing bacteria to be used in environmentally friendly products. It was a small company and it felt like a family; everyone got along and we always celebrated each others birthdays, and anniversaries and had the best Christmas parties. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but sometime around this time last year things changed. I could probably write a thousand page book about all the ridiculous things that went on there. It just kept getting worse and all the crazy little things kept adding up until eventually no one could take it anymore, but nobody really wanted to leave. We all wanted everything to work out. I stuck around as long as I could, until I just couldn't handle it anymore, yet I still feel weird about leaving. But I think it's for the best..

Anyway, my new job.

I actually now work at the same company as my husband! It's a deffirent department than his, so we don't really work together, but we run into each other a few times a day which is always funny. It's a medical testing lab and I never in a million years thought I would work there, I always thought I would work in the research field. The job I applied for was literally my last resort; I had already applied for everything else and was feeling hopeless. Crazily enough I had an interview there at the end of the week! My job is to receive in all the samples that get sent in from hospitals, sort them, order the tests and prepare them for testing. Which is a huge change from my last job! For one, I am constantly busy. There is never a second of downtime, compared to my last job where it wasn't rare to have hours with with nothing to do. Also making the switch from a tiny company to an enormous one is pretty different. On the good side they have everything figured out, and on the bad side there isn't any freedom or flexibility like there was at the last job. Also going from having about 10 or 12 coworkers to having 100s, is pretty weird.

My new hours will take some getting used to, I had been on part since April and pretty much stopped working in August, so I really got used to all that free time. I probably won't be blogging quite as much, but that's okay because I post a little too much anyway. But, it will be nice to finally have money again, I had been afraid to spend anything for about a year now because I never knew if or when the next paycheck would come.

Anyway, this is a new adventure and I am looking forward to the change! I didn't expect to write all of this but I guess I had more to say than I thought.

Monday, October 27, 2014

I got a little obsessed with tiny seashells on my last trip to the beach, and just like everything else I like, my first thought was to put them in resin. So I ventured out into the ocean where there were a bunch of these tiny shells and I scooped them up and brought them home. I also brought home a bag of sand while I was at it!

This is what I currently have listed in my Etsy shop. But I'll be adding more soon! These are so much fun to make.

I love seashells, but I always had a hard time trying to figure out how to display them. I think this is a really cool way to do it, and to be reminded of the beach all year round.

I found this shirt at a thrift store and it ended up being just a little big, but I liked the pattern too much to leave it behind. I usually wear it tucked into a skirt or under a sweater and it works out just fine!

I got my husband to take these photos of me. I was getting tired of our backyard as a background, but I'm not quite sure I want to be seen in public dragging my tripod around to take picture of myself with. :0